espoleta

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian spoletta.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.poˈle.tɐ/, /es.poˈle.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.poˈle.tɐ/, /eʃ.poˈle.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.poˈle.ta/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.puˈle.tɐ/

Rhymes: -etɐ
Hyphenation: es‧po‧le‧ta

Noun

espoleta f (plural espoletas)

fuse (for an explosive)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.poˈlɛ.tɐ/, /es.poˈlɛ.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.poˈlɛ.tɐ/, /eʃ.poˈlɛ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.poˈlɛ.ta/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.puˈlɛ.tɐ/

Hyphenation: es‧po‧le‧ta

Verb

espoleta

inflection of espoletar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

References

^ “espoleta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
^ “espoleta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Noun

espoleta f (plural espoletas)

fuse (for an explosive)
wishbone (of a bird)

Further reading

“espoleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

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